HPI Attends the Polish Model Festival

Thu, 6th December 2007

During the weekend of 24-25 November 2007, members of HPI
Europe's sales and marketing teams attended the latest Model
Festival in Lodz, Poland: Festiwal Modelstwa. The event was
organized by HPI Poland and is in its 5th year of success. Nearly
15,000 visitors attended the model show, with schoolchildren making
up nearly half of the crowd.

RC aircraft and model trains were also shown at the Model Festival,
however most of the show space was occupied with RC truck and car
models to wow and impress the visiting crowds. One of the main
attractions at the Model Festival was an international touring car
race that featured several dozen racers from all over Poland and
the surrounding areas. The racetrack was right next to the show
stand area, so the crowd could pick up cars at the HPI stand and
then watch them in action on the carpet track. The most popular
brand of car at the race was Hot Bodies, with more than half of the
racers choosing the Cyclone and Cyclone S touring car chassis!
Providing help for racers at the track was IFMAR ISTC World
Champion Andy Moore, racing with Hot Bodies and Edit RC designer
Adam Skelding. Andy and Adam raced and helped all the racers on
from their pit areas on both days of the race. The racers
appreciated the setup advice, equipment recommendations and general
RC help from the pair.

A public demonstration let any member of the public to give the HPI
Micro RS4 a test drive â€“ everyone was welcome to drive the Micro
for a couple of laps, and at the end of each day the person with
the fastest lap time won a free Micro car kit! After the racing on
Saturday, Andy and Adam conducted an RC workshop, including a
question-and-answer session that was organized by the HPI Poland
staff. This allowed over 30 racers to get more in-depth help in a
classroom environment, getting help direct from top Hot Bodies
racers! All the racers left with an expanded knowledge of RC
racing, extra guidance for their racing efforts and direct advice
from our World Championship-winning team. One of the highlights of
the RC workshop for the racers were setup sheets provided to them
that included Andy's base carpet and tarmac setups, the perfect
starting point for any racer looking to win! Click here for Andy's standard setups he takes with him to
races around the world! The racing concluded with the Finals on
Sunday Modified A Final Results Pos No. Name 1 1
Andy MOORE 2 2 Lukasz KOWALCZYK 3 8 Adam SKELDING 4 3 Patryk
RACZYÃ‘SKI 5 5 Maciej DWIGAJ 6 4 Norbert OMELAÃ‘CZUK 7 7 Karol
LATAWSKI 8 9 Arkadiusz GAJZLER 9 10 Andrzej TRELLA 10 6 Aureliusz
CIECHALSKI 540 A Final Results Pos No. Name 1 2
Pawe WRÃ“BEL 2 4 Morris INDOVINO 3 6 Karol MENDZA 4 3 Jacek
STAROSTECKI 5 1 Basej ORLOWSKI 6 9 Tomek TOKARZ 7 8 Marek
KUSIAKIEWICZ 8 7 Daniel WDOWIÃ‘SKI 9 5 Marcin FORTUNA 10 10 Pawe
MICHALSKI Spec A Final Results Pos No. Name 1 2
Rafa PAJOR 2 4 Filip ZAREMBA 3 1 Juliusz WOLAK 4 5 Basej ORLOWSKI 5
8 Adam SMUK 6 3 Andrzej TRELLA 7 6 Pawe SKALEC 8 10 Daniel
WDOWIÃ‘SKI 9 7 Dominik WYSIKOWSKI 10 9 Jakub PIETRZAK On the Monday
after the Model Festival, Andy and Adam were scheduled to appear on
a regional television information programme, where they answered
several questions from the show host and showed off their cars. The
show is called Dobry WieczÃ³r, and the actual show can be watched online here. The
trip to Poland was a terrific success, with thousands of people
interested in the RC hobby exposed to HPI and Hot Bodies models.
Also, show visitors were able to see the skill and performance of
Hot Bodies race cars in person and they got an opportunity to talk
to and get autographs from Andy Moore. Finally, even more of the
public were exposed to Hot Bodies with a prime-time interview on
television! We anticipate great success with our partnership with
HPI Poland, and look forward to wonderful opportunities to expand
the HPI and Hot Bodies brands into this exciting new market.